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TheWizard

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Berkman's jersey
« on: August 12, 2008, 10:53:00 pm »
I'm sure Cabrera is a fucking Astronaut, but I didn't see it posted anywhere else.  Just the title of the article, "Berkman's jersey returns from space", made me crack up...

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The two men presented first baseman Lance Berkman with his own jersey, which they took with them to the International Space Station in March.
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Berkman's jersey spent 14 days on the space station and saw a lot of action.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080812&content_id=3296933&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou&partnerId=rss_hou
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 01:37:19 am »
Quote from: TheWizard on August 12, 2008, 10:53:00 pm
I'm sure Cabrera is a fucking Astronaut, but I didn't see it posted anywhere else.  Just the title of the article, "Berkman's jersey returns from space", made me crack up...
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080812&content_id=3296933&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou&partnerId=rss_hou

Puma wanted to wear the jersey to bed, but NASA wouldn't let him.
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2008, 10:15:45 am »
In Space, no one can hear you unwrapping a Twinkie.
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2008, 10:19:26 am »
Quote from: Limey on August 13, 2008, 10:15:45 am
In Space, no one can hear you unwrapping a Twinkie.

And it would take a lot more of those dehydrated, freeze-dried Twinkies to fill Lance up in space.
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 10:49:23 am »
Astronauts batting practice. Looks like a pop-up to me.

And another.
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2008, 10:54:11 am »
Quote from: mihoba on August 13, 2008, 10:49:23 am
Astronauts batting practice. Looks like a pop-up to me.

Someone should've told him that it helps to be looking at the thing you're trying to hit.
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2008, 12:44:47 pm »
It's not even an authentic jersey.  It would've been cooler if they had contacted Lance before they went to the space station and got one (or two) of his actual jerseys to take with them.  And maybe had their own mission patches sewn onto the sleeve.  I don't think these guys put much thought into this.  Although I suppose they had more important things to worry about...
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2008, 12:47:36 pm »
Quote from: Amy on August 13, 2008, 12:44:47 pm
It's not even an authentic jersey.  It would've been cooler if they had contacted Lance before they went to the space station and got one (or two) of his actual jerseys to take with them.  And maybe had their own mission patches sewn onto the sleeve.  I don't think these guys put much thought into this.  Although I suppose they had more important things to worry about...

They could've taken El Kabong's jersey, as a combination souvenir and emergency parachute.
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2008, 12:55:57 pm »
The band I used to work for had one of their songs chosen as the "wakeup" tune for a shuttle mission a few years back. A couple CDs of theirs made the trip, too. (I designed the layout for "Big Trouble" years ago)
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Re: Berkman's jersey
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2008, 03:39:20 pm »
I had a neighbor that works at NASA, and she is able to regularly send items into space. She gets a little certification that the object spent however much time in space, etc.

The first thing she sent was her Aggie ring. The second thing she sent was her Nolan Ryan rookie card.
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